I fall asleep in the full and certain hope That my slumber shall not be broken; And that, though I be all-forgetting, Yet shall I not be all-forgotten, But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved.
Death is only a larger kind of going abroad. - Samuel Butler
Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
- Samuel Butler
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. - Samuel Butler
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies. - Samuel Butler
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. - Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. - Samuel Butler
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
The course of true anything never does run smooth. - Samuel Butler
The course of true anything never does run smooth.
It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate… - Samuel Butler
It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate…
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both. - Samuel Butler
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. - Samuel Butler
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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